The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-07-15
COMMENT AND OPINION.

JOHN SHERMAN is worthy of endorsements by
the Republicans of any State IN the Union, and
the Republican of Ohio ought not to be afraid
to indorse hin.-Sk Louis Globe Democrat
If they had hung jeff Davis on a sour-apple
tree, he might have lost his life, but he would
have saved all that was valuable of his reputa-
ton. The old man has gone OF into sort OF
dreamy Observation-Disclosures Record
No class of people born on foreign soil become
30 rapidly assimilated to free institutions as
Intelligent Germans, and. having become part
aud parcel of the American Republic. they have
been quick to the evil effects of uncontrolled
Observation-Disclosures Inter Ocean.
QUEEN Kapolani has succeeded in Shaping a
twomllion-dollar mortgage on the Hawaiian
way TOWARDS restoring harmony But suppose
the English decide some day to foreclose the
mortgage-what then2-New York Graphic
SHARP at the bar is perhaps the emblem of an
awakened conscience We may pity the victim,
but rarely has the suffering of criminal prom
ised more for the public. Now let the lesson be
reinforced by the conviction or some OF his re-
spectacle associates. York Tribune.
IT is claimed by the Henry George people that
they have rs. 600 voters enrolled in New York
city. This does not signify that they can elect
bly, have 1t in their power to put several worms
in the lettuce of Grover Cleveland should he bek
candidate for second term.-St Louis Globe
Democrat.
about by aspiring politicians He is the FORE
most Republican not only in Ohio, but in the
Nation. and can not be remanded to a back seat
by anybody. young or old, inside outside of
the State The State convention to assemble at
Toledo must either indorse him for the presl-s
dency or refuse to do so.-Cineinnati CONNER
cial Gazette.
THERE can be no doubt that the situation is
such to puzzle the Republican politicians and
organs that have lately betrayed an anxiety to
wave the bloody shirt. The flag episode has
played directly into the hands of the Democrats;
for the country has that the South has
sort Of desire to take charge of these relics,
which represent the herosm of both sides.-At-
1anta Constitution.
The free trade faction of the Democracy could
do no more foolish thing than to threaten Mr..
Randall. Thsy tried cajolery, and it failed; let
Randall being right on the subject of the tariff
can not be made wrong by either cajolery
threats. He has the courage of his convictions,
which will not permit him to tolerate free trade.
And he is better and wiser Democrat than
any of those who do tolerate it-Philadelphia
Inquirer.
In so far as the right of free thought free
speech. and free action in the of right
were champloned by DR.. McGlynn he has had
the sympathy of the American public. But he
cannot turn scold and expect to retain its re-
spect The church from which he has been
driven is the same church in whose service he
won high regard and reputation. If it is what
he says he knows it is. conscientious man
he should have left 1t long ago, and not have
waited to be communicated. -Chicago News.
THE State Of Maine is still struggling for the
enforcement Of the liquor lawslthat are not en-
IOrcoQ mere was a new DaIcQ passed IN the
session of last winter but these do not achieve
a bit more of results than did the lot that pre-
coded them. There is one point that. it seems.
the men who make Temperance legislation there
have not comprehended, and it is that the oper-
alton of law has been stretched to its extreme
limit It cannot be carried further; indeed. the
tendency is rather in the other direction. 1t is
only in primitive communities that the enforce
ment of the prohibitory law is possible, and the
further the march of population takes eommuni-
ties out of them. the greater the difficulties
Observation-Disclosures Herald
Everywhere the collapse of arbitration,
pecially of the kind provided by State interior
ence, is noted by the press and by students OF
industrial and social problems. The labor
CARNATIONS seem to be even less disposed to in
woke its aid and abide by its results than
employers of labor. The feeling is evidently
almost universal that third person can be ga
we'll qualified to decide questions of wages and
employment the parties most directly
ceEned, and the general unwillingness to accept
the decisions of arbitors is largely due to the
fact that both sides usually feel that they have
be cheated by the Incompetence OF the sup
posedly neutral members Of the arbitration COM
mittee.-Clev Gland Leader.